Method, apparatus and system for measuring a grain on a harvesting machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsPeter Schade, Ambarish Panambilly, Carsten Struve, Renke F. Gralfs
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Abstract
A method for measuring grain on a harvesting machine for harvesting cereals comprising: acquiring an image of the grain in the harvesting machine using a camera; and processing the image in an image processing system and generating an output value in respect of properties of the grain, wherein the output value contains information relating to at least one of the following quantities per unit area of the field: grain count, grain dimensions, and grain mass.
Claims20
A method for measuring grain on a harvesting machine, the method comprising:
- acquiring, with a camera, a first image of a first grain and a second image of a second grain harvested during a first harvest operation by the harvesting machine from a first location and a second location, respectively;
- processing the first image and the second image with an image processing system;
- generating a first output value and a second output value relating to a first dimension of the first grain and a second dimension of the second grain;
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- determining a sowing rate based on the first output value and the second output value, the sowing rate to be performed in a subsequent cultivation cycle at the first location and the second location before a second harvest operation at the first location and the second location is performed.
An apparatus for measuring grain within a crop flow on a harvesting machine, the apparatus comprising:
- a camera for acquiring a first image of a first grain and a second image of a second grain harvested during a first harvest operation by the harvesting machine from a first location and a second location, respectively;
- an image processing system, wherein the image processing system is configured to generate a first output value and a second output value relating to a first dimension of the first grain and a second dimension of the second grain;
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- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions to determine a sowing rate based on the first output value and the second output value, the sowing rate to be performed in a subsequent cultivation cycle at the first location and the second location before a second harvest operation at the first location and the second location is performed.
A system for measuring grain on a harvesting machine, the system comprising:
- a camera for acquiring a first image of a first grain and a second image of a second grain harvested during a first harvest operation by the harvesting machine from a first location and a second location, respectively;
- an image processing system, wherein the image processing system is configured to generate a first output value and a second output value relating to a first dimension of the first grain and a second dimension of the second grain;
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- one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are to execute instructions to determine a sowing rate based on the first output value and the second output value, the sowing rate to be performed in a subsequent cultivation cycle at the first location and the second location before a second harvest operation at the first location and the second location is performed.
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